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Save your Email as Document in Gmail

Do you want to save your Email as a document without copy pasting from your Email ? Yes it is possible by enabling new Gmail Labs feature called Create a Document. To enable this feature move to Gmail Labs tabs and find out Create a Document feature and enable it as shown below picture. After enabling this feature in your Gmail Labs tab move to your inbox and open any Email check out at right side of the Email near by time and date you can see create document option as shown below picture. Image credit : Gmail Blog User(rushi) After clicking on Create a document a new Google docs window will be opened in that all your data will be imported into the Google docs and attached images also included in Google docs . Now you can edit the content and download as document under any format like HTML, MS Word, PDF, Txt or Open office document etc. eNjoY with Google..!!!

Google SMS Channels

Google India has just introduced a new product called Google SMS Channels that lets you subscribe to news alerts, blog updates and other kinds of information like horoscopes, jokes, stocks or even cricket scores via SMS text messages. If you are based in India and like to subscribe to this site on your mobile phone via SMS, please join the Digital Inspiration SMS channel on Google. Thanks Amit Somani. Google SMS Channels, which seems to have lot in common with SMS Gupshup , is free both for content publishers as well as mobile phone users who subscribe to text updates via SMS. Families or friends can create private SMS groups on Google SMS channels and stay in touch via SMS without paying any fees to their mobile carrier. Other than receiving blog RSS feeds via SMS, you may also use the Google SMS service to get news alerts and weather information on your phone. Another interesting part – you don’t really need a mobile phone to send an SMS to your group as there’s an option in ...

Running multiple yahoo messenger

simply launch the registry editor (type regedit at Run command), and navigate to the following registry branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test Then, on the right pane, right click on the registry editor and select “New”, then create a new DWORD registry value. Name the new registry key as Plural, and assign it the value of 1 (decimal). If some case, the value of 2 should also works. To disable or disallow multiple instance of Yahoo Messengers, simply change and set the “Plural” registry key’s value to 0, or delete the “Plural” key. eNjoy wid multiPle yahoo msgr..!!

Increase Browsing Speed Of Internet Explorer & FF

Trick to Increase Internet Explorer Speed: ---------------------------------------- ------------- Go to Start –> Run and type regedit Select HKEY_CURRENT_USER –> Software –> Microsoft –> Windows –> Current Version –> Internet Settings Increase the values (DECIMAL) from default to a higher value e.g. 10 See the difference in speed of IE. Trick to Increase Firefox Speed: ---------------------------------------- - Open firefox and in the address bar write about:config and press enter Double click network.http.pipelining and set it to True Double click network.http.pipelining.maxrequests and set value to 10 from 4 Right click and create a new string nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0 You are done. Enjoy lightning fast Firefox browsing .........

Vista Tip # Enabling Admin Account

Some of you out there are using Windows Vista, and even after turning off User Access Control (UAC) you still get the occasional annoying messages from this super secure Windows Platform (even though it’s not that secure lol). Well Windows Vista has a super secret Admin account that bypasses UAC and gives total control over your operating system. IF you are going to enable this, PLEASE make sure you have a strong password and a firewall turned on. Cheers to Hazy Morning for the guide. First, open your control panel. Inside your control panel, click on System and Maintenance. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Administrative Tools. Next, the Administrator Tools window will open up. From there, click on Computer Management. Then the Computer Management Window will open. On the right-hand side panel, you should see Local Users and Groups, double click on it. Now in the middle panel, double click on Users. You should see the Administrator icon at the top, in the middle panel. Right cl...

Change the title of yahoo messenger with ur name

You can change the text that appears in the bar at the very top of the messenger window by simply editting the ymsgr.ini which you will find in the same folder as your messenger. Locate the ymsgr.ini file and open it in notepad or any text editor. and if u don't find ymsgr.ini search in c:/ Then at the end add the following [APP TITLE] caption=YOUR TEXT or ur name changing YOUR TEXT to whatever you want it to say. Then save the file and close messenger. When you restart messenger you will see your new message

Recharge 2 MobileZ from a Single Recharge Coupon !

Works With Hutch,Airtel. only Step 1 Buy a top up voucher of your choice, find a friend who is also on the same network to buy one too. Step 2 Both of you type in the digit of the top up card into your phone (the same voucher). Step 3 When you get to the last digit both of you press confirm at the exact same time so the same voucher registers on both of your phones. Step 4 Repeat this with the other card. You will now have twice the amount of credit on your phone for the price of half. This works 99% of the time! first

show huge number of members in community

try this trick If ur the owner of any community then just add this symbol (100,ק) at the name part of ur community n see what happens... For example,, if ur community name is xyz... then the name field u have to enter will be like this: xyz (100,ק) after adding this symbol,, ur community will show huge number of members,,,

Pop a banner on windows boot

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Wi ndows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText . Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It's .reg file would be: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\W indows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here." note: change the registry at your own RISK..!!

Tip for notepad users

this will benefit those who use the notepad in daily routine -> Open notepad and type .LOG as the first line of the file. -> Save and close the file . -> open it again and see tht it will show the time and date -> Type your notes and then save and close the file. repeat the same process aftr writing the next text this will make notepad wrk as a diary...

Download PHP, MySQL, Apache

Below is a link to a good tutorial from PHP.net on how to install PHP5: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.php Download PHP Download PHP for free here: http://www.php.net/downloads.php Download MySQL Database Download MySQL for free here: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/index.html Download Apache Server Download Apache for free here: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

Free Google Book Downloader

Google Book Search - the free online book catalog with the aim to make world's information more accessible and useful has been criticized by writer and publisher community for inclusion of copyrighted works as an copyright infringement, However, Google denies the allegation citing that they only show a small portion of the book at a time, making it useless for freebie seekers intending to download the book. Google Books does all what it can to prevent users from downloading and saving pages, but with free online service's like " Google Book Downloader " the whole process of saving pages from Google books is just a matter of few clicks. Ref: http://www.megaleecher.net/Online_Google_Book_Downloader

Improve u;r self CONFIDENCE

Some people have naturally high levels of confidence but everybody can learn to be more confident. Firstly, it's important to get a clear idea of what self confidence really means, otherwise you won't know when you've got it! So, self confidence means: 1. Being calm : For every situation in life you need to run on the appropriate level of emotion. Too much emotional 'leakage' into a experience can spoil the experience. You make great strides towards confidence when you begin to relax in a greater range of situations. 2. Being cool : The second part of self confidence is about being able to relax with uncertainty. To be 'cool' in a situation really means relaxing with not knowing how things will pan out. If you truly tolerate uncertainty, you can do pretty much anything. 3. Not being too concerned with what others think of you . You know when you imagine what some place is going to be like before you go there but when you get there it is totally different to ...

ADSENSE BASICS

ADSENSE HOW MUCH DO U EARN FROM THIS PROGRAM? The Google ads you are able to display on your content pages can be either cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-1000-impressions (CPM) ads, while AdSense for search results pages show exclusively CPC ads. This means that advertisers pay either when users click on ads, or when the advertiser's ad is shown on your site. You'll receive a portion of the amount paid for either activity on your website. Although we don't disclose the exact revenue share, our goal is to enable publishers to make as much or more than they could with other advertising networks. The best way to find out how much you'll earn is to sign up and start showing ads on your webpages. There's no cost, no obligation, and getting started is quick and easy. You can sign up now from the AdSense home page Once you're a part of Google AdSense, you can view your earnings at any time by logging in to your account clicking the Reports tab. You'll be able to se...

Tips and Tricks for Nokia N73

1. How to easily switch to Silent mode? Just press the "#" key for a second You can come back to the General mode with a new press on "#". 2. How to check the running applications on your S60 device? Simply press the menu key for a second! You can move up and down to an application or close it with the "C" key. 3. How to spare space on the mobile's memory? You can store your messages on the storage card this way: Go to Messages Settings Other Memory in use and choose your storage card instead of Phone memory. 4. Some Symbian S60 secret codes: Display your IMEI number by pressing *#06# Display your firmware version by pressing *#0000# Display your Bluetooth Address by pressing *#2820# 5. How to reset your S60 device? [WARNING - Use at your own risks !] You can soft reset your device with the code *#7780# + security code (12345 if you didn't change it) so your device will be back to factory setttings. Your personal data will not be erased. You can ha...

knol - A unit of knowledge

A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic. Peer-reviewed encyclopedia from Google. Articles are written by named contributors. Go to knol

First Look - Google AdSense Ads in RSS Feeds

The AdSense for RSS feeds program is now live for some publishers and Google has also discontinued the FeedBurner Advertising Network in favor of AdSense. AdSense for Feeds *If you are subscribed to this RSS feed in either Google homepage or any news reader, you may have already seen the new feed ads at the bottom of each article. AdSense Ads in Feeds are contextual and are available in banner (468×60) and medium rectangle (300×250) formats. They are probably a mix of CPC and CPM ads because you can show either text ads or image ads or even a combination of both in your feeds. Here’s a screenshot of a feed ad inside an article that was about search engine optimization - notice the relevance of the ad. Screenshot - Adsense in RSS AdSense publishers can choose how frequently the ads should appear in the feed and whether ads should appear in articles that are relatively short. What’s different from FeedBurner though is that with Google AdSense you can position ads either at the bottom or ...

How to Change the time settings in Windows Vista

Here are steps:: 1. In Windows, click the Start button. 2. Click Control Panel, click Clock, Language, and Region. Note If you are using Control Panel in Classic View, double-click Regional and Language Options, and then skip to step 3. 3. Click Regional and Lanugage Options. 4. Click Customize this format. 5. On the Time tab, do one of the following: 6. Change Time format to HH:mm:ss for a 24-hour clock. 7. Change Time format to hh:mm:ss tt for a 12-hour clock.

Expand the Quick Launch area in Vista Task bar

Do you want Expand the Quick Launch area in Vista Task bar . By default it can show only 3 quick launch icons in Windows Vista Task Bar. But with these simple trick you can Expand the Quick Launch area in Vista Task bar. Here are the steps: 1. Unlock the Windows Vista Taskbar. 2. Move the pointer on top of the dots displayed between the Quick Launch icons. The arrow will change to a double-arrow. 3. Click with your left mouse button and keep the button hold down. Now, move your mouse to the right to increase the size provided to the Quick Launch toolbar, or to the left to decrease it. That's it..!!

For Microsoft Office Word 2007

Removing Comments and Changes from a Document Have you ever sent a Microsoft Office Word document that contained comments or tracked changes that you didn’t want visible? Document Inspector eliminates this worry. 1. Click the Office icon, point to Prepare, and then click Inspect Document. 2. By default, all check boxes are selected in Document Inspector. Clear the check box next to any items that you don't want Document Inspector to look for, and then click Inspect. 3. Remove items not for publication. Document Inspector indicates what it finds in your document, so you can choose what you want to remove, and then confidently publish your document.

For the 2007 Microsoft Office system

Use the Quick Access Toolbar You can add your favorite—or most commonly used—commands to the Quick Access Toolbar in the 2007 Microsoft Office system, so that these tools are always easy to find. You’ll find the Quick Access Toolbar next to the Office button above the Ribbon. The default commands on the Quick Access Toolbar are Save, Undo, and Repeat. You can add your most-used favorites by clicking the expandable arrow to the right of the Quick Access Toolbar to open the Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu. Here, you can select the set of commands that you want on the Quick Access Toolbar . To add commands that aren't on the list, click More Commands. If you're adding a lot of new commands to the Quick Access Toolbar, use the Customize menu and click Show Below the Ribbon. This will move your Quick Access Toolbar to below the Ribbon to give it more room to expand.

For Microsoft Office Groove 2007

Exchanging Contact Information—Sending Your Contact to Others You can send your Microsoft Office Groove 2007 contact to others right from the Common Tasks pane on the Contacts tab in the Launchbar. 1. Click Send My Contact via E-mail. 2. Type the e-mail addresses of the people whom you want to receive your contact. 3. Recipients receive an e-mail message with a hyperlink that automatically adds your contact to their list in the Groove Launchbar.

For Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 || RSS Feeds

RSS Feeds Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are an easy way to subscribe to interesting information like world news, sport scores, or blogs. With Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, it’s easy to start adding and reading RSS subscriptions. 1. Click the mail folder called RSS Feeds. 2. Choose a feed that interests you from the RSS Feeds content directory. 3. Outlook prompts you to add this feed to your list. Click OK. 4. Outlook creates a specific RSS subscription folder for this feed below the main RSS Feeds folder. Note: When using Office Outlook 2007 with Windows Internet Explorer 7, you can keep a synchronized list of subscriptions between the two programs.

For Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

Sending Information from Outlook to OneNote Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 has a Send to OneNote button for inserting relevant content from an e-mail thread into your Microsoft Office OneNote notebook. Click the Send to OneNote button in your Inbox, and both the e-mail thread and metadata such as date, time, sender, and subject will be inserted into the Unfiled Notes section of your OneNote notebook.

Restore Previous Version of a Recent File

On occasion you make a mistake, and you want to revert to a previous version of a file you have been working on. After System Protection is configured, you can do so with Windows Vista . Right-click the file, and then select the version you want. Note: System Protection must be configured, and you must have sufficient disk space.

Send a Calendar Snapshot

Send a Calendar Snapshot With a calendar snapshot, you can communicate your calendar information to anyone, anytime. To send a calendar snapshot: 1. Click the calendar. 2. Click the Send a Calendar via E-mail link in the left navigation pane. 3. In the dialog box, choose which calendar you want to send information from, the date range, and the level of details that you want to share. Microsoft Office Outlook creates a visual representation of your calendar information in the body of the e-mail message and also attaches the information as an .ics file.

Creating a PivotTable View

Microsoft PivotTable dynamic views help you change the axis that your data is organized around. To create a PivotTable view: 1. Click anywhere inside the range of data. 2. On the Ribbon, on the Insert tab, click PivotTable. 3. In the PivotTable Field List pane, check the fields that you want to visualize. 4. Rearrange your fields by dragging the row labels, column labels, and values to where you want them. 5. To add a filter, check the desired field, and drag it to the Report Filter box. Microsoft Office Excel will display the sum of the data in the value field, but you can quickly modify the field to track other totals types, such as average, minimum value, or maximum value: 1. In the Values box, click the arrow next to the value that you want to modify. 2. Select Value Field Settings. 3. Change the setting from Sum to the desired type of calculation.

Test your antivirus working or not.

Here are some trick using your notepad to test your antivirus . Firstly, Open notepad and paste this: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* Then save it as eicar.com . Your Anti-virus will then either not let you save it of when you have saved it will remove it for you. Dont worry about it. Your pc not crash. European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR) have got people to program Anti-Virus to recognise this as a threat (even tough its completely harmless). You can read more about this trick here

How to Disable SuperFetch in Vista

The SuperFetch feature in Vista preloads system’s memory with the applications that you use most often which helps to launch such applications faster. Well, it isn’t clear that enabling or disabling it will increase performance. But if you open and close lot of applications then I guess you should disable it. Here’s a short and easy tutorial for disabling the Superfetch feature in Vista. Type services.msc into the Start menu search or run box. Now, double-click on Superfetch in the list to open up the properties, and then change the drop-down to “Disabled” . You can also click Stop to immediately turn it off.

How to Restrict User Logon Hours in Windows XP

Sometimes if your children use a lot of computer you might want to restrict their windows logon hours so that they have control over their computer usage and concentrate on studies. Well, it’s not just children, you might also like to control any users logon hours on your pc. You can do this either by using a software or by a simple windows command. If you wanna go the software way then you gotta pay. So, let’s go the easy way, i.e. by a simple windows command. Here’s how you do it: Go to start> Run Now type cmd and hit enter. You need to make use of the net user command, check out for some examples below: net user rsh /time:M-F,08:00-17:00 net user rsh /time:M-F,8am-5pm net user rsh /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00 net user rsh /time:all (this allows user to logon at any time, on any day) Type any one of the above and replace rsh with your windows username. Note: You can only restrict the user by one-one hour (for instance 14:00, 17:00, not 14:30 or 17:4...

How to Increase External USB Hard Drive Speed in Vista

Nowadays most of us use external hard drives; it’s mainly because they are portable and light. How to Increase External USB Hard Drive Speed in Vista , It’s concerned with turning write caching on and activating advanced performance. This tip is not encouraged if you have frequent power cuts. It’s because enabling write caching will result in data loss if there’s power failure or maybe if the drive is plugged out too quickly. Ok, so if you don’t have a problem of power cuts and if you handle the drive safely then here’s a tutorial to speed up your external USB hard drive speed . 1. Go to Start and right click on Computer and select Manage. 2. Now click on Device Manager. 3. Expand the Disk drives branch and search for your external drive in the list. 4. Once you find it, right click on it and select Properties. 5. On the Policies tab select Optimize for performance. 6. Check the boxes titled “Enable write caching on the disk” and “Enable advanced performance” as shown below. 7. Clic...

How to Create a List of Files and Folders in a Directory

We have several files and folders in our computers. Sometimes we may require a list of files and folders in a particular directory. Looking for each file and folder and listing them isn’t easy. But there’s an easy way to generate or create a list of files and folders in a location. Here’s how you do it: Go to Start> Accessories> Notepad Now type the following: dir /s > output.txt Save the file as “genfile.bat”, close Notepad. Now to generate a files and folder list of a specific location, simply paste genfile.bat into it and double click on it. It will create a new text file in same place with the name “output” which will contain the list of all the files and folders present in the location. It not only shows the names of files and folders but it also shows the date on which they were created, their file size, etc. Download File

How to Fix Access Denied Error in Vista

Sometimes when you try to open certain folders like Document and Settings, Application Data, etc in Windows Vista you get an error message saying “Access Denied”. This problem generally occurs when particular user’s rights in the NTFS partition are altered by someone or some program. Here’s a workaround for this problem, follow the below instructions carefully: 1. Right click on the Folder and select Properties 2. Now, click on the Security tab and Click on the Advanced button 3. Click on the Owner tab and click on the Edit button 4. In the Change owner to box, highlight your account 5. Check Replace owner on subcontainers and objects 6. Click on Apply and Click on Yes to replace all permissions 7. Continue to click on OK until you finish. That’s it now you’ll have access to the folder.

How To Open Websites without a Browser

Yes now its possible with simple trick. It most of companies and Institution Browser are uninstall from the computers so that their staff cannot browse any website. But now you can surf any website on that PC without any Browser. Just follow these steps- 1. Open a notepad or Calculator or Paint anyone application in you pc. 2. Go to the Help section and Click Help Topics. 3. After the New Window Comes, Left Click on the icon in the top left corner. 4. Click on the Jump Url and write the web add of your fav site ( Full add with http:// ) there. Now click Ok and Your site will open within a seconds.

"Your system is low on virtual memory” error message

SYMPTOMS When you start any of the Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2003 programs, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following error message: Your system is low on virtual memory. To ensure that Windows runs properly, increase the size of your virtual memory paging file. For more information, see Help. If you click OK, you may receive the following error message: Your system is low on virtual memory. Windows is increasing the size of your virtual memory paging file. During this process, memory requests for some applications may be denied. For more information, see Help. CAUSE This behavior may occur if you try to start any of the programs included in Office on a computer where the paging file value setting is too low. RESOLUTION To resolve this behavior, increase the size of the paging file. To do so, follow these steps as appropriate for your operating system. Windows 2000 1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. In the System Proper...

How to Clear Browser Cache on Exit in IE 7

Now Internet Explorer 7 comes with the option which will help you clear all your caches files on exit. This will help you to clear all temp files, cookies which are useless for you. What’s the downside of it? These temporary files form a cache that will speed up your browsing experience. For those on broadband, however, the effect is not very noticeable. Clear your Temp Browser Files Upon Exit : 1. Open IE7 2. Click the Tool menu (Gear icon upper right hand corner) 3. Select Internet Options 4. Click Advanced tab 5. Check Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed 6. Click OK 7. Restart Browser

Temporary Internet Files Use More Disk Space Than Specified

SYMPTOMS You may experience either or both of the following symptoms: • Your Temporary Internet Files folder may use more disk space than you specified in Amount of disk space to use (to locate Amount of disk space to use, click Settings on the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box). • Files that are downloaded from Web sites may remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder (but are not visible in Windows Explorer) after you click Delete Files on the General tab of the Internet Options dialog box, and then click to select the Delete all offline content check box. NOTE: By design, Windows Explorer uses the Desktop.ini and Index.dat files to provide the functionality of the Temporary Internet Files shell extension. Index.dat is the Internet Explorer cache index file. It facilitates the browser cache mechanism that speeds access to frequently accessed web pages across different browser processes in the same user context.Cookies are also displayed when you view the Temporary Int...

Clearing your cache

he information your browser stores is sometimes incomplete or corrupt. Deleting your browser's cache and cookies will often fix Gmail issues. For instructions, please select your browser below: Firefox In Firefox for PCs: 1. Log out of Gmail and close all other open browser windows. 2. Click the Tools menu at the top of your browser and select Clear Private Data... 3. Select the Cookies and Cache checkboxes. 4. Click Clear Private Data Now. In Firefox for Macs: 1. Log out of Gmail and close all other open browser windows. 2. Click the Firefox menu at the top of your browser and select Preferences... 3. Select the Privacy tab. 4. Click Clear Now... at the bottom of the dialogue box. 5. Check the boxes next to Cache and Cookies in the new dialogue box. 6. Click Clear Private Data Now. Internet Explorer In Internet Explorer 6.x: 1. Log out of Gmail. Close all other open...

Gmail says my browser's cache is full

A full web browser cache can interfere with Gmail's features and performance. It might make the service slow or prevent you from downloading and viewing attachments. Please read Clearing your cache for instructions on clearing your cache in any of the popular web browsers. If your browser isn't included, please refer to your browser's help documentation. In some cases, it may be necessary to clear your browser's cache more than once and/or restart your computer to completely fix the problem. If you are an Internet Explorer user and are still having problems after restarting your computer, it may be necessary to restore the 'Temporary Internet files' folder on your computer. Instructions are located under the 'Workaround' section of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301057/EN-US/

Import, Export or Merge Blogger Blogs - New Feature

Its Good news to all Blogger user now they can Import, Export and Merge there Blog in One with the new Feature of the Blogger. Now you can take the Backup of your Blog and Restore the the Backup too. Or you can merge 2 blogs in to One. Its not so tough, its very easy to do, Just go to http://draft.blogger.com/ , and login with your Google Account, after that in Settings –> Basic tab you can See Import, Export or Delete Tabs in you account. For more info check here

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Final description

Mozilla Firefox Final description The browser provides virus, popup and spyware protection in a simple, easy to use tabbed interface The Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. Firefox is a small, fast and very easy to use browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the tabbed browsing. Features of Mozilla Firefox: · comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop; · a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you're on; · integrated search (powered by Google); · industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type - find links and page text by simply typing; · simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; · a s...

Make Y;r Mobile Phone number appear as a Private Number

Sometimes you want to make your call private temporarily or have all calls block your call origin. Find out how to enhance your privacy here. Step-1 First, look around for a option under your phone's call settings menu called "Hide/Seek My Number" Step-2 When you select it, it will most likely be set to "network default," which means that displaying Caller ID information would be dependent on your carrier's network setup for your mobile number. Change it to "hide number" to have the phone ignore the network setting and stop reporting your caller ID information. Step-3 Check if it works by making a test call. You may also need to turn your phone off and back on for the change to go into effect. Step-4 If it doesn't work or the option is not available, begin your call with *67, if you're in North America. So, for example instead of dialing 1-718-555-0123 you would dial *6717185550123. If in the United Kingdom and Ireland, then dial 141. If in...

Mobile Terms & Acronyms

"Wireless technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace and along with it so too does the language used by the wireless industry - which at times can leave even the most accomplished wireless practitioner confused or bemused" 1G The first generation of analogue mobile phone technologies including AMPS, TACS and NMT 2G The second generation of digital mobile phone technologies including GSM, CDMA IS-95 and D-AMPS IS-136 2.5G The enhancement of GSM which includes technologies such as GPRS 3G The third generation of mobile phone technologies covered by the ITU IMT-2000 family 3GPP The 3rd Generation Partnership Project, a grouping of international standards bodies, operators and vendors with the responsibility of standardising the WCDMA based members of the IMT-2000 family 3GPP2 The counterpart of 3GPP with responsibility for standardising the CDMA2000-based members of the IMT-2000 family. 3GPP2 is spearheaded by ANSI 8PSKOctantal Phase Shift Keying A5/1/2/3/8X Encryption algor...